CAF Champions League 2018/19

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CAF Champions League 2018/19
Cup winners TunisiaTunisia Espérance Tunis (4th title)
Beginning November 27, 2018
final H : May 24, 2019
R : May 31, 2019
Final stadium H: Stade Moulay Abdallah , Rabat
D: Stadium of January 14 , Radès
Teams 57
Games 144
Gates 337  (ø 2.34 per game)
Top scorer LibyaLibya Moataz al-Mehdi
( al-Nasr Benghazi , 7 gates)
← CAF Champions League 2018

The CAF Champions League 2018/19 (also called Total CAF Champions League 2018/19 for sponsorship reasons ) was the 23rd season of the most important African competition for club teams in football under this name. The season began with the first round on November 27, 2018 and ended with the finals in May 2019.

The winner was defending champion Espérance Tunis from Tunisia by a decision of the CAF in August 2019 after the final first leg ended 1: 1 and the second leg was canceled. Espérance Tunis qualified as a representative of the CAF for the FIFA Club World Cup 2019 in Qatar and for the CAF Super Cup against the winner of the Confederation Cup 2018/19 .

Preliminary round

The draw took place on November 3, 2018. The first legs were played on November 27 and 28, the second legs on December 4 and 5, 2018.

total First leg Return leg
ASC Diaraf  SenegalSenegal 1: 1
(4: 2 i.E. ) 		TogoTogo  US Koroki 1-0 0: 1
JS Saoura  AlgeriaAlgeria 2-0 Ivory CoastIvory Coast  SC Gagnoa 2-0 0-0
IR Tangier  MoroccoMorocco 1-0 ChadChad  Elect Sport N'Djamena 1-0 0-0
Le Messager Ngozi  BurundiBurundi 1: 3 EgyptEgypt  Ismaily SC 0: 1 1: 2
ASF Bobo-Dioulasso  Burkina FasoBurkina Faso 4: 4
(3: 5 in good condition) 		CameroonCameroon  Cotonsport Garoua 3: 1 1: 3
AS SONIDEP  NigerNiger 1: 5 ZambiaZambia  ZESCO United 1: 2 0: 3
Orlando Pirates  South AfricaSouth Africa 8: 2 SeychellesSeychelles  Light Stars FC 5: 1 3: 1
Volcan Club  ComorosComoros 1: 2 NamibiaNamibia  African stars 0-0 1: 2
FC Nouadhibou  MauritaniaMauritania 2: 3 LibyaLibya  al-Ahly Benghazi 2: 1 0: 2
Leones Vegetarianos  Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea 1: 7 South AfricaSouth Africa  Mamelodi Sundowns 0: 2 1: 5
Gor Mahia FC  KenyaKenya 1: 1
(4: 3 i.E.) 		MalawiMalawi  Nyasa Big Bullets 1-0 0: 1
UMS de Loum  CameroonCameroon 1: 2 NigeriaNigeria  Lobi Stars 1-0 0: 2
UD Songo  MozambiqueMozambique 1: 3 ZambiaZambia  Nkana FC 1: 2 0: 1
Simba SC  TanzaniaTanzania 8: 1 SwazilandSwaziland  Mbabane Swallows FC 4: 1 4-0
ASAS Djibouti Telecom  DjiboutiDjibouti 3: 5 EthiopiaEthiopia  Jimma Aba Jifar 1: 3 2: 2
CS Constantine  AlgeriaAlgeria 1-0 GambiaGambia  Gamtel FC 0-0 1-0
al-Merreikh Omdurman  SudanSudan (a)2: 2 ( a ) UgandaUganda  Vipers SC 2: 1 0: 1
SCAF Tocages Bangui  Central African RepublicCentral African Republic 0: 5 MaliMali  Stade Malien 0: 1 0: 4
ASEC Mimosas  Ivory CoastIvory Coast 1-0 GabonGabon  AS Mangasport 1-0 0-0
Township Rollers FC  BotswanaBotswana 2: 2
(2: 4 on behalf) 		LesothoLesotho  Bantu FC 1: 1 1: 1
APR FC  RwandaRwanda 1: 3 TunisiaTunisia  Club Africain Tunis 0-0 1: 3
al-Hilal Khartoum  SudanSudan 6-0 ZanzibarZanzibar  JKU FC 4-0 2-0
al-Nasr Benghazi  LibyaLibya 9: 3 South SudanSouth Sudan  al-Hilal Juba 5: 1 4: 2
Horoya AC  Guinea-aGuinea 2-0 LiberiaLiberia  Barrack Young Controllers 1-0 1-0
CD Primeiro de Agosto  AngolaAngola (a)4: 4 ( a ) Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo  AS Otôho 4: 2 0: 2
CNaPS Sport  MadagascarMadagascar 1: 2 ZimbabweZimbabwe FC Platinum 1: 1 0: 1

First round

The draw took place on November 3, 2018. The first legs were played from December 14 to 16, the second legs on December 22 and 23, 2018. The losing teams played on in the second round of the CAF Confederation Cup .

total First leg Return leg
Wydad Casablanca  MoroccoMorocco ( a ) 3: 3(a) SenegalSenegal  ASC Diaraf 2-0 1: 3
JS Saoura  AlgeriaAlgeria 2: 1 MoroccoMorocco  IR Tangier 2-0 0: 1
Ismaily SC  EgyptEgypt 3: 2 CameroonCameroon  Cotonsport Garoua 2-0 1: 2
Tout Puissant Mazembe  Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo 2: 1 ZambiaZambia  ZESCO United 1-0 1: 1
Orlando Pirates  South AfricaSouth Africa 1-0 NamibiaNamibia  African stars 0-0 1-0
al-Ahly Benghazi  LibyaLibya 0: 4 South AfricaSouth Africa  Mamelodi Sundowns 0-0 0: 4
Gor Mahia FC  KenyaKenya (a)3: 3 ( a ) NigeriaNigeria  Lobi Stars 3: 1 0: 2
Nkana FC  ZambiaZambia 3: 4 TanzaniaTanzania  Simba SC 2: 1 1: 3
al Ahly SC  EgyptEgypt 2: 1 EthiopiaEthiopia  Jimma Aba Jifar 2-0 0: 1
CS Constantine  AlgeriaAlgeria 3-0 UgandaUganda  Vipers SC 1-0 2-0
Stade Malien  MaliMali 0: 2 Ivory CoastIvory Coast  ASEC Mimosas 0: 1 0: 1
AS Vita Club  Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo 5: 2 LesothoLesotho  Bantu FC 4: 1 1: 1
Club Africain Tunis  TunisiaTunisia 3: 2 SudanSudan  al-Hilal Khartoum 3: 1 0: 1
al-Nasr Benghazi  LibyaLibya 5: 6 Guinea-aGuinea  Horoya AC 3-0 2: 6
AS Otôho  Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo (a)1: 1 ( a ) ZimbabweZimbabwe  FC Platinum 1: 1 0-0

Group stage

The group draw took place on December 28, 2018. The 15 winners of the first round and defending champion Espérance Tunis , who came straight into the group stage, were divided into four pots and drawn into four groups of four teams each. The teams were seeded according to their results in the CAF competitions of the last five seasons ( CAF five-year ranking ). The group winners and runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals, while those placed third and fourth were eliminated from the competition.

If two or more teams were tied, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

  1. Number of points in direct comparison
  2. Goal difference in direct comparison
  3. Number of goals in direct comparison
  4. Number of away goals in direct comparison
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, there are still several teams in the same place in the table, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question. Should this also not lead to a definitive placement, criteria 6 to 9 will be applied.
  6. Goal difference from all group matches
  7. Number of goals in all group matches
  8. Number of away goals in all group matches
  9. Drawing lots

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. MoroccoMorocco Wydad Casablanca  6th  3  1  2 008: 600  +2 10
 2. South AfricaSouth Africa Mamelodi Sundowns  6th  3  1  2 009: 500  +4 10
 3. NigeriaNigeria Lobi Stars  6th  2  1  3 004: 600  −2 07th
 4th Ivory CoastIvory Coast ASEC Mimosas  6th  2  1  3 006:100  −4 07th
January 11, 2019
Lobi Stars 2: 1 Mamelodi Sundowns Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium
Wydad Casablanca 5: 2 ASEC Mimosas Stade Moulay Abdallah
19th January 2019
ASEC Mimosas 1-0 Lobi Stars Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Mamelodi Sundowns 2: 1 Wydad Casablanca Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium
1st February 2019
Mamelodi Sundowns 3: 1 ASEC Mimosas Loftus Versfeld Stadium
2nd February 2019
Lobi Stars 0: 1 Wydad Casablanca Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium
February 12, 2019
ASEC Mimosas 0-0 Mamelodi Sundowns Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Wydad Casablanca 0-0 Lobi Stars Stade Moulay Abdallah
March 9, 2019
ASEC Mimosas 2-0 Wydad Casablanca Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Mamelodi Sundowns 3-0 Lobi Stars Loftus Versfeld Stadium
16th March 2019
Lobi Stars 2-0 ASEC Mimosas Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium
Wydad Casablanca 1-0 Mamelodi Sundowns Stade Moulay Abdallah

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. TunisiaTunisia Espérance Tunis  6th  4th  2  0 009: 200  +7 14th
 2. Guinea-aGuinea Horoya AC  6th  3  1  2 006: 700  −1 10
 3. South AfricaSouth Africa Orlando Pirates  6th  1  3  2 006: 600  ± 0 06th
 4th ZimbabweZimbabwe FC Platinum  6th  0  2  4th 003: 900  −6 02
January 11, 2019
Horoya AC 1: 1 Espérance Tunis Stade du 28 September
January 12, 2019
FC Platinum 0-0 Orlando Pirates Barbourfields Stadium
18th January 2019
Espérance Tunis 2-0 FC Platinum Stade El Menzah
Orlando Pirates 3-0 Horoya AC Orlando Stadium
2nd February 2019
FC Platinum 0: 1 Horoya AC Barbourfields Stadium
Orlando Pirates 0-0 Espérance Tunis Orlando Stadium
February 12, 2019
Espérance Tunis 2-0 Orlando Pirates Stade El Menzah
Horoya AC 2-0 FC Platinum Stade du 28 September
March 8, 2019
Orlando Pirates 2: 2 FC Platinum Orlando Stadium
Espérance Tunis 2-0 Horoya AC January 14th Stadium
16th March 2019
FC Platinum 1: 2 Espérance Tunis Barbourfields Stadium
Horoya AC 2: 1 Orlando Pirates Stade du 28 September

Group C

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Tout Puissant Mazembe  6th  3  2  1 013: 400  +9 11
 2. AlgeriaAlgeria CS Constantine  6th  3  1  2 008: 600  +2 10
 3. TunisiaTunisia Club Africain Tunis  6th  3  1  2 005: 900  −4 10
 4th EgyptEgypt Ismaily SC  6th  0  2  4th 004:110  −7 02
January 11, 2019
Club Africain Tunis 0: 1 CS Constantine Stade Olympique de Sousse
January 12, 2019
Tout Puissant Mazembe 2-0 Ismaily SC Stade TP Mazembe
18th January 2019
Ismaily SC 10: 3 1 Club Africain Tunis Ismailia Stadium
19th January 2019
CS Constantine 3-0 Tout Puissant Mazembe Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
2nd February 2019
Tout Puissant Mazembe 8-0 Club Africain Tunis Stade TP Mazembe
February 12, 2019
Club Africain Tunis 0-0 Tout Puissant Mazembe January 14th Stadium
February 23, 2019
Ismaily SC 1: 1 CS Constantine Borg el-ʿArab stadium
2nd March 2019
CS Constantine 3: 2 Ismaily SC Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
March 8, 2019
Ismaily SC 1: 1 Tout Puissant Mazembe Borg el-ʿArab stadium
CS Constantine 0: 1 Club Africain Tunis Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
16th March 2019
Tout Puissant Mazembe 2-0 CS Constantine Stade TP Mazembe
Club Africain Tunis 1-0 Ismaily SC January 14th Stadium

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1The game was originally canceled in the 83rd minute when the score was 1: 2 due to fan riots. Ismaily SC was then excluded from the competition by the CAF, but allowed again after an objection and the game was rated as a 3-0 victory for the opponent.

Group D

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EgyptEgypt al Ahly SC  6th  3  1  2 011: 300  +8 10
 2. TanzaniaTanzania Simba SC  6th  3  0  3 006:130  −7 09
 3. AlgeriaAlgeria JS Saoura  6th  2  2  2 006: 900  −3 08th
 4th Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo AS Vita Club  6th  2  1  3 009: 700  +2 07th
January 12, 2019
Simba SC 3-0 JS Saoura Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
al Ahly SC 2-0 AS Vita Club Borg el-ʿArab stadium
18th January 2019
JS Saoura 1: 1 al Ahly SC Stadium August 20th
19th January 2019
AS Vita Club 5-0 Simba SC Stade des Martyrs
2nd February 2019
AS Vita Club 2: 2 JS Saoura Stade des Martyrs
al Ahly SC 5-0 Simba SC Borg el-ʿArab stadium
February 12, 2019
Simba SC 1-0 al Ahly SC Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
JS Saoura 1-0 AS Vita Club Stadium August 20th
March 9, 2019
AS Vita Club 1-0 al Ahly SC Stade des Martyrs
JS Saoura 2-0 Simba SC Stadium August 20th
16th March 2019
al Ahly SC 3: 1 JS Saoura Borg el-ʿArab stadium
Simba SC 2: 1 AS Vita Club Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium

Final round

Quarter finals

The draw took place on March 20, 2019. A group runner-up each met a group winner from another group, with the group winners initially playing the first leg away. The first legs were played on April 6, the second legs on April 13, 2019.

total First leg Return leg
CS Constantine  AlgeriaAlgeria 3: 6 TunisiaTunisia  Espérance Tunis 2: 3 1: 3
Mamelodi Sundowns  South AfricaSouth Africa 5: 1 EgyptEgypt  al Ahly SC 5-0 0: 1
Horoya AC  Guinea-aGuinea 0: 5 MoroccoMorocco  Wydad Casablanca 0-0 0: 5
Simba SC  TanzaniaTanzania 1: 4 Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo  Tout Puissant Mazembe 0-0 1: 4

Semifinals

The first legs were played on April 26 and 27, the second legs on May 4, 2019.

total First leg Return leg
Wydad Casablanca  MoroccoMorocco 2: 1 South AfricaSouth Africa  Mamelodi Sundowns 2: 1 0-0
Espérance Tunis  TunisiaTunisia 1-0 Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo  Tout Puissant Mazembe 1-0 0-0

final

The first leg was played on May 24, 2019. The canceled second leg took place on May 31, 2019.

total First leg Return leg
Wydad Casablanca  MoroccoMorocco Where TunisiaTunisia  Espérance Tunis 1: 1 Output 1

annotation

1The return leg was abandoned in the 59th minute when Espérance Tunis was 1-0 after Wydad Casablanca's equalizer was missed due to offside, video evidence was broken due to a malfunction and the Casablanca players stopped playing. After Tunis was declared the winner, the CAF initially arranged a replay on neutral ground. The International Court of Justice revised the decision, whereupon the CAF declared Tunis the winner again.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Decisions of the Disciplinary Board 7th of August 2019 . In: CAFOnline.com . August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.